stop over

hacer escala

Quedarse brevemente en un lugar durante un viaje más largo, a veces pasando allí una noche.

En inglés sencillo: You stay somewhere briefly during a longer journey, sometimes for a night.

• We'll stop over in Paris.
• They stopped over for one night before flying home.
• Are you stopping over anywhere on the way to Sydney?

Cómo se usa: stop over in/at somewhere (We stopped over in Dubai on our way to Tokyo.)

Sinónimos: break a journey, stay over

Expresiones frecuentes: stop over somewhere, stop over overnight

pasarse, hacer una visita

Visitar a alguien o un lugar durante poco tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: You visit someone or a place for a short time.

• Stop over after lunch.
• She stopped over to return my book.
• Can you stop over at Dad's house this evening?

Cómo se usa: stop over at someone’s house (I stopped over at my sister’s house for coffee.)

Sinónimos: drop by, stop by

Expresiones frecuentes: stop over tonight, stop over briefly